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  2. To many of us, it is important that we are able to identify the sex of another individual. When there is ambiguity, we often have a sense of frustration. Why is this so according to KB? If we were to have a greater tolerance for such ambiguity, what consequences can you think of in everyday life?

To many of us, it is important that we are able to identify the sex of another individual. When there is ambiguity, we often have a sense of frustration. Why is this so according to KB? If we were to have a greater tolerance for such ambiguity, what consequences can you think of in everyday life?

Review Questions:

Make sure to provide at least 1 paragraph for each question.

Judith Lorber
1- How is gender constructed (according to JL)?
2- Why does society maintain the construction of gender differences (according to JL)?

Kate Bornstein
3- To many of us, it is important that we are able to identify the sex of another individual. When there is ambiguity, we often have a sense of frustration. Why is this so according to KB? If we were to have a greater tolerance for such ambiguity, what consequences can you think of in everyday life?

Geoffrey Canada
4- What function is served by socializing boys to fight according to the author?

Jenny Stuber
5- How do essentialists and social constructionists see things differently according to Stuber? What is their evidence?

Readings:
Ore, Tracy E., The Social Construction of Difference and Inequality, Oxford, New York, 2019 (ORE)
Ch.7 The Social Construction of Gender, Judith Lorber, p.88-92
Ch.10 Naming all the Parts, Kate Bornstein, p.117-121
Ch.44 Learning to Fight, Geoffrey Canada, p.464-468 (optional)
Stuber, Jenny, Exploring Inequality, A Sociological Approach, Oxford, New York 2016
Is Biology Destiny, Understanding Sex and Gender, p.25-56


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